A bad week with two dispiriting defeats, characterised by a lack of what has worked well for us to date. In both games we haven’t really got the ball down and kept the ball, allowing other teams to impose their game on us, rather than the other way round. At least at Cardiff, we did start and finish OK but were undone by gift goals.
In both games,we have made basic individual errors, gifting goals that have then had us chasing the game. The usually impeccable Gilks has made a couple of uncharacteristic positional errors which hasn’t helped. After the Reading game last season, we put emphasis on defensive solidity and it paid dividends as we immediately looked better, keeping a number of clean sheets, giving us a platform to go on and win games.
I’d like to see us return to that mindset, starting at Hull. We will always have a goal threat about us; if we can work well as a defensive unit when not in possession we can return to the convincing displays from earlier in the season.
Having said that, the season is only just beginning, so there is time to put things right; we remain only three points off the top despite our current blip, so there is no need to throw out the baby with the bathwater. We have a good squad of players, and I’m sure the manager will get the best out of it.
STARMAN: Angel Martinez
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